Chapter 159: Submitting to Fate

Zhang Qiu understood Harry's meaning almost immediately. She looked down at her watch, and then quickly took out a small porcelain bottle and a golden hair wrapped in a handkerchief from her storage bag.

Neville first tried to touch the doorknob of the girl's bathroom with his hand. He retracted his hand as if electrocuted. Then, he looked around alertly. Besides the two invisible Harrys, there should be no one else. Neville tried to open it by separating it from the clothes with the corner of his clothes.

This still failed, so he whispered an Alohomora spell at the doorknob, still with no effect. At this time, Zhang Qiu's transformation ended. She was reciting a spell on her robe, preparing to let it transform into the style Tang Tang Nade often wore.

Neville heard the movement and looked here. Then, just like the scene Harry saw last time, he pointed his wand at the doorknob of the girl's bathroom and recited a Confundus Charm.

The Confundus Charm might have had an effect, but Zhang Qiu, who had transformed into Tang Tang Nade, quickly stopped him.

After driving Neville away, the last thing tonight was considered finished. The two returned to the Chamber of Secrets. Harry sat on the sofa Zhang Qiu moved over and let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Do you plan to stay here?" Zhang Qiu's tone carried a hint of expectation.

"The Professor said he would come to pick me up tomorrow morning." Harry looked around, but didn't see a second bed in the Chamber of Secrets.

"Professor?" Zhang Qiu said thoughtfully. "You also saw him when you were taking a bath before, right?"

"To be precise, it was I who saw him coming out of the headmaster's office." Harry said casually. "They should have many secret matters to discuss, this is very normal."

"But I think the situation might be like this." Zhang Qiu said softly. "The Professor wanted to drive the TARDIS directly to the next morning, but because of brake failure or something, he appeared in Deng Buliduo's office before the banquet."

"And at this time, Tang Tang Nade was in the office discussing Avalon with Deng Buliduo." Zhang Qiu flipped through her diary. "Suddenly, the Professor who broke in startled Tang Tang Nade, so that he knocked over his coffee."

"Why do you say that? Do you know something?" Harry's mind was still half on how to spend the night.

"Because I think, this might be the choice of fate." Zhang Qiu stood up and paced back and forth. "Fate needs Tang Tang Nade to knock over the coffee, so that he will go to the Room of Requirement to take a bath nearby after leaving the office, and we will have the opportunity to get his hair without anyone knowing."

"So this traveler again worked for time." Harry followed. "But why did we get the hair? This is another time loop. There are clearly many ways to stop Neville from entering the Chamber of Secrets. Why must we use the option of impersonating Tang Tang Nade?"

"It might be because fate thinks we still need to continue impersonating Tang Tang Nade, for example..." Zhang Qiu pondered, flipping through her diary. "Do you have any impressive things?"

"Hmm. Perhaps, the Colin case?" Harry almost immediately thought of that time when Tang Tang Nade met the White House visitor during the game break and explained the ins and outs of Colin's attack in a few words.

"When Colin was attacked, Tang Tang Nade was not in the office. Perhaps he was in the Room of Requirement at that time." Zhang Qiu checked the records.

"Right, that time he stopped Luna from contacting the diadem because it was dangerous." Harry said. "But what I want to say is earlier that day, on the field, he talked to Professor Heipu."

"Sure enough," Zhang Qiu pointed to the notebook and said, "He didn't watch the game that day, but was busy arranging Avalon."

"Alright, in other words, today's time loop is fate reminding us that we need to impersonate Tang Tang Nade to plan the Colin case." Harry nodded. "But what is the Colin case for? Even if Colin is not attacked, it won't be anything, right?"

"If Colin is not attacked..." Zhang Qiu flipped through her diary, unable to say anything for a long time.

"Could it be related to the Chamber of Secrets politics?" Harry guessed irresponsibly. "For example, fate hopes that the political situation will develop in a certain direction?"

"The Professor warned us not to delve too deeply into the purpose of fate, right?" Zhang Qiu said with dissatisfaction. "Besides, Colin's attack is also written in the original divination. Let's assume fate has some events that must be achieved."

"Original divination?" Harry suddenly realized that what Zhang Qiu was pursuing was not only the self-consistency of space-time, but she was also trying to restore or witness those divinations—or rather, the original trajectory of fate.

"Naive boy and scorched camera, what did he photograph?" Zhang Qiu tried to translate the Chinese characters into English that Harry could understand. "Probably like this, we saw the boy and the camera when we were in the second year. Now if we can figure out what he actually photographed, perhaps the progress can be added to a lot."

"Alright." Harry shrugged. He didn't want to continue to speculate on the intention of fate. "Then where do I sleep tonight..."

"Wait!" Zhang Qiu suddenly held up a finger. "I drank the Polyjuice Potion originally prepared for tonight's events. I think this is the key."

"Hmm?" Harry was stunned for a moment.

"And I still need to impersonate Tang Tang Nade to participate in the Colin case. The Polyjuice Potion is not enough. I need to brew some more." She continued. "So, we need to steal Snape's materials."

"Ha?" Harry expressed that he didn't understand very well. "I could clearly go to Diagon Alley to buy some for you."

"What's important is not that I lack materials, but that Snape realized that students would steal his materials." Zhang Qiu flipped the divination to a very late part. "In this way, if materials are lost again next year, he will think it was stolen by this year's students."

"Next year?" Harry turned his brain around and realized that Zhang Qiu was talking about the fourth year.

"Right, the divination says that it wasn't until the end of the term that people discovered that a person with the same name as his father stole the potion master's materials and used an identity that didn't belong to him." Zhang Qiu read the ambiguous prophecy.

"But, let's change the way of thinking. Even if you don't steal the potion, Hermione will steal it." Harry scratched his head.

"Hermione didn't steal it, so she used Tang Tang Nade's," Zhang Qiu pondered. "Although it wasn't written in the divination, perhaps this is also some other important event."

"Of course, Snape's material theft is written in the divination after all. Rather than watching Hermione steal it, I'd better go steal it myself." Zhang Qiu added.

Harry pursed his lips. He didn't know how to answer.

"Alright, I guess you are tired too. Let's sleep. This bed is big enough." Zhang Qiu sighed lightly. "If you don't want to sleep here, you can go to the Room of Requirement. Tang Tang Nade rarely stays there overnight."

"Uh, I'll sleep here." Harry almost forgot all the things related to fate at this moment. He said stammeringly with a flushed face, "I mean, I'm worried that Deng Buliduo will come out to go to the bathroom at night or something."

Before going to sleep, Zhang Qiu said softly: "Thank you, I feel much better."

The next morning, Harry said goodbye to Zhang Qiu somewhat reluctantly and returned to the Forbidden Forest. The Professor was already waiting there.

"Good morning, Harry." Doudou supported the threshold with one hand and raised his eyes half-way.

"Good morning, Professor. I'm thinking," Harry said hesitantly, "Can I stay here for a while, for example, accompany Zhang Qiu through this whole year?"

"Oh, that might not work." The Professor shook his head. "You cannot stay in the past space-time for too long. If the potential energy of time accumulates too much, it will also cause bad consequences."

"For example, when you and Voldemort start to fight, time compresses the interval of the spell too short." The Professor gestured. "Just like when you are shooting, the previous bullet hasn't left the barrel, and the next bullet is fired immediately."

"Will the wand also explode?" Harry looked at the small wooden stick in his hand. This was unexpected but reasonable.

"According to my estimation, within a safe and reasonable range, you can still stay for about a week." The Professor said. "If it's just to visit a few times, it's still more than enough."

"Then." Harry calculated the date. "The Colin case on November 7th, the Justin case on December 21st, the Penelope case on April 17th, and June 30th, finally someone attacked Hermione."

"I think it's better to spend these four days with Zhang Qiu. If there are any more, just find three days in February, March, and May."

"Can, as long as you don't stay for twenty-four hours each time, then we still have quite a lot of margin." The Professor nodded, then pulled the joystick.

Time reached November 7th. Second-year Harry was sweating and pouring out his youth on the Quidditch pitch, while third-year Harry was monitoring foreign spies off the pitch. The returned Harry, accompanied by Zhang Qiu, quietly slipped into an unknown corner.

"I've told you the tone and content of Tang Tang Nade's speech." Harry said nervously. "Are you ready?"

"Relax, Harry." Zhang Qiu looked in the direction of the Black Lake. Tang Tang Nade was busy arranging a large amusement project for Ron. "Since this is a time loop, my successful performance has become a predetermined fact. As long as I am not deliberately looking for death, there won't be too much problem."

"Alright, alright." Harry still squeezed a cold sweat for her.

"Oh, wait." Zhang Qiu suddenly made a gesture of silence, and the two hid under the Invisibility Cloak again.

Someone else also targeted this hidden corner. It had pointed ears, eyes as big as tennis balls, and wore a pillowcase.

Dobby hid in the corner of the stands and the fence, quietly poking out a head, using a finger to manipulate the Bludger, attacking the second-year Harry.

"This bad seed!" Zhang Qiu pulled out her sword with displeasure, preparing to go up and give him a lesson.

"Forget it, forget it." Harry pulled her. "The second-year me has been attacked by the Bludger, just let it go, history is like this."

"And, who says whether Dobby is worried about my safety and wants me to have an excuse to ask for leave to go home?" Harry defended the little elf with a hint of pity.

"Who believes this." Zhang Qiu sneered dismissively, then drank the Polyjuice Potion, straightened Tang Tang Nade's tie, and walked toward the two White House visitors with big strides. ===== CHAPTER 160 =====